“As parents, we're human beings, too, but sometimes we're not as unders...” — Gregory Hines Quote

As parents, we're human beings, too, but sometimes we're not as understanding as we'd like to be.

I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm up against - I have to try to make roles happen for me that aren't written black.

I'm going to tap until I can't: I'll be so old, all I can do is walk out from the wings to stage center. But I'll be there.

My roots are on the live performing stage, so while I enjoy making films and the other things that I do, when I get on stage, I feel at home; I'm comfortable.

I grew up in the '50s, a tough time for African Americans. I had friends whose fathers would openly say, 'Just bite your tongu;, don't cause any problems.' My father was not like that. Even in the toughest times racially, if somebody disrespected his family, they were in trouble.

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

We have darkness as human beings.

The community of masses of human beings has produced an order of life in regulated channels which connects individuals in a technically functioning organisation, but not inwardly from the historicity of their souls.

I would say I'm basically interested in human beings, and I don't really care whether they're men or women. I think my comprehension is about the same for both.

There's something really beautiful about science, that human beings can ask these questions and can answer them. You can make models of nature and understand how it works.